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  • Former CMSAF McKinley visits Travis

    The 15th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force shared his insight and experience with Airmen from every tier Jan. 20 during his visit to Travis Air Force Base.Throughout his 31-year Air Force career, former Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley both observed and participated in shaping

  • AMC safety day

    On Jan. 27, Air Mobility Command will help usher in the new year by taking the day to focus on safety. According to the AMC leadership, the purpose of the day is to raise awareness and focus attention on safe and effective mobility operations."This is an opportune time as we come off the holiday

  • Tenacious: An Airman's journey to serve her country

    On Dec 28, 2011, then Staff Sgt. Jennifer Wallace, 92nd Force Support Squadron NCOIC of manpower and organization, reenlisted into the United States Air Force for six years and was promoted to technical sergeant on Jan 1. Seems pretty typical, but in reality, Wallace underwent an excruciatingly long

  • Travis Airmen transport vice president to Iraq

    A Travis C-17 Globemaster III flown by the 21st Airlift Squadron, descended Nov. 29, 2011, into Baghdad International Airport during a top secret mission to bring Vice President Joe Biden to Iraq for the last time before the Dec. 31, 2011, troop withdrawal. Flying completely blacked out, the

  • AMC Passenger Travel to be more predictable

    Select passenger terminals across Air Mobility Command are establishing Facebook pages to provide passengers more predictability when it comes to space-available and -required passengers.The overall goal of the AMC Space-A Facebook program is to use social media to expand knowledge about Space-A

  • Engineers act fast to restore power at Travis

    When the power unexpectedly went out in Travis base housing early in the morning Dec. 23, Balfour Beatty Communities quickly dispatched maintenance crews to determine the cause. Electricians from the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron supported BBC and their contractor, Contra Costa Power, and began

  • Air Force couple refuels their holiday spirit

    A little more than a year ago if you asked Timothy and Victoria McBride what they would be doing around the holidays they probably would have answered with the usual holiday traditions - making cookies, decorating the Christmas tree or opening presents. Normal newlywed couples would have been able

  • 305th Airmen facilitate return of last Airmen from Iraq

    Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron Detachment 1 facilitated the return of more than 250 Airmen from Iraq Dec. 20 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.The Airmen were the last of the Air Force contingent in Iraq and were home in time for the winter holidays as

  • Soldiers in Afghanistan receive GPS-guided airdrop from mobility Airmen

    Airmen from the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron successfully completed an airdrop mission to Combat Outpost Herrera in east Afghanistan, using Global Positioning System guided bundles to deliver the supplies on Nov. 27, 2011.The C-130 Hercules, operated by its crew from the 451st Air

  • Joint Base MDL community cuts ribbon on new CDC

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst commanders and youth joined together to cut the ribbon on the new Dix Child Development Center on Nov. 17. Community members celebrated the opening of the $6.3 million facility which was built just 3 miles away from the existing CDC on Tennessee Ave. The Dix CDC was